Coat and hat holder



(No Mdel.)

J. I. MAIN. GOAT AND HAT HOLDER.

No. 569,422. Patented out. 1s, 1896.

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JACOB F. MAIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COAT AND HAT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,422, dated October 13, 1896.

Application tiled October 9, 1895. Serial No. 565,101. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JACOB F. MAIN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat and Hat Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an appliance whereby hats, coats, and other garments may be locked when hung upon a hook supported on a wall or other vertical support.

The invention consists in the several improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, Figure l represents a perspective View of a garment-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a back view, a part of the casing being removed. Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the parts in position for securing garments. Fig. 5 represents a view similar to Fig. 8, the parts being in the same position shown in Fig. i. Fig. G represent-s a view of the key.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the ligures.

In the drawings, a represents a casing having vertical slots or guides a d2, in which are fitted to slide a garment-supporting hook b and a guard or keeper c. The hook b is attached to a slide or plate b within the casing, and the guard cis attached to a plate c', which is movable in the casing above the slide or plate b. The slides b and c are connected by intermediate connecting `devices, so arranged that when the hook Z) is depressed the guard c will be depressed a greater distance than the hook, and will come to a bearing on the outer end of the hook, or will be in close proximity thereto, the arrangement being also such that when the hook b rises the guard will rise a greater distance, and will therefore be separated from the hook suficiently to per mit the ready insertion of garments between the hook and guard.

As here shown, the connecting devices comprise a lever (l, pivoted at d to the slide b and at d2 to the casing d, a lever d3, pivoted at d4 to the casing and engaged at its opposite end with a in d5 on the slide c and a link d6, connecting the levers d and d3. A'

spring' c, attached at one end to the lever d and at the other end to the casing, normally holds the parts in the position shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, both the hook and guard being raised to the extreme of their upward movement.

f represents a latch or detent pivoted at f' to the casing, and having teeth f2 at its upper end, which are pressed by a spring f3 against one edge of the slide c', said edge having teeth fL1 at its lower portion and teeth f5 at its upper portion adapted to engage the teeth f2 of the latch f. The latch is provided with an arm f, having teeth f7 formed to be engaged by a helical rib or thread g on a key g, which is formed to be inserted through the orifice 7L in the casing.

Then the parts are in their normal position shown in Figs. l 2 and 3 the guard is raised considerably above the hook, leaving a sufficient space for the insertion of a garment between the two, the parts being locked in said position by the engagement of the teeth of the detent f with the teeth f4 of the slide c. lVhen a person desires to use the device, he hangs his coat or his hat, or both, upon the hook l) and then inserts the key g, and by rotating the same in engagement with the lteeth fT he displaces the latch f until he releases the plate c', thus permitting lthe hook to be depressed by the weight of the garment upon it, the hook at the same time pulling down the guard through the described connections until the guard bears upon or is in close proximity to the portion of the garment resting on the hook. The parts are locked in the last-described position by the engagement of the teeth of the detent with the teeth f5 of the plate c, as shown in Fig. 5, the key g having been previously removed to iielease the said detent. Vhen it is desired to release the garment, the key is again inserted and the detent displaced, thus permitting the spring to raise the hook and guard, when the operator lifts the garment from the hook.

lf desired, the hook and guard may be locked only in their depressed positions, instead of being locked in either position.

I do not limit myself to the described details of construction an d mayvariously modif y ICO the same without departing` from the spirit of my invention.

I claiml. A holder comprising a casing, two slides movable therein, a hook attached to one slide, and a guard attached to the other slide, connections between the slides whereby motion may be imparted from one to the other, and a spring whereby the slides are normally raised.

2. A holder, comprising` a casing, two slides movable therein, ahook attached to one slide, and a guard attached to the other slide, connections between the slides whereby motion may be imparted from one to the other, a spring whereby Jthe slides are normally raised, and means for locking the slides.

3. A holder, comprising a casing, two slides movable therein, a hook attached to one slide,-

and a guard attached to the other slide, connections between the slides whereby motion may be imparted from one to the other, a spring whereby the slides are normally raised, means for locking` the slides, consisting of a latch or detent in the casing adapted to engage one of the slides, and a key Afor displacing said detent to release the slides.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of. 

